Using Panorama Maker 4 with iPhoto troubles...

I searched and could not find anything so i decided to post. I wanted to mess around with Panorama Maker so i took a couple pics of my room and imported them into my iPhoto. After i did so, i opened up Panorama Maker and i couldn't find any of the photos i imported. I couldn't even find the iPhoto library. For some reason it's hidden or something.
I guess I have a few questions, how do I create a folder of my imported pictures separate from my iPhoto library so I can open them in Panorama? And how, if there's any way, can I view the iPhoto folder in Panorama? Or if there's something else i should be doing please let me know!?

Hi, ProjektDM. Your iPhoto Library's contents are intentionally made inaccessible to other applications, to prevent you from corrupting the library database by tinkering with the pictures in it. So if you want to assemble pictures into a panorama outside of iPhoto, you'll need to do either of two things: a) don't import them into iPhoto before doing so, or b) after importing them into iPhoto, export copies of them to the desktop or a folder on the desktop, and work on the copies. After your panorama is finished, you can import that into iPhoto if you like.
With most cameras (not including most Canon cameras), you can easily copy pictures from your camera or memory card onto your computer without importing them into iPhoto or any other application. If iPhoto opens automatically whenever you connect the camera or card reader to your Mac, simply quit iPhoto before importing the pictures. Then drag-copy the pictures from the card to a new folder on your desktop. The Import... command in iPhoto's File menu can be used to import the pictures into iPhoto later.
To export pictures from iPhoto to a folder on the desktop, simply drag the image thumbnails from the iPhoto window to the folder (of course you'll have to leave enough of the desktop exposed so you can see the folder). Or, select the pictures you want to export and use the Export... command in iPhoto's File menu.

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